Handbook of Water and Wastewater Microbiology

"Access to safe water is a fundamental human need and therefore a basic human right" --Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary General

Edited by two world-renowned scientists in the field, The Handbook of Water and Wastewater Microbiology provides a definitive and comprehensive coverage of water and wastewater microbiology. With contributions from experts from around the world, this book gives a global perspective on the important issues faced in the provision of safe drinking water, the problems of dealing with aquatic pollution and the processes involved in wastewater management.

Starting with an introductory chapter of basic microbiological principles, The Handbook of Water and Wastewater Microbiology develops these principles further, ensuring that this is the essential text for process engineers with little microbiological experience and specialist microbiologists alike.

Comprehensive selection of reviews dealing with drinking water and aquatic pollution

Provides an understading of basic microbiology and how it is applied to engineering process solutions

Suitable for all levels of knowledge in microbiology -from those with no background to specialists who require the depth of information

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Pagina 10 In brief, the chemiosmotic theory states that energy transducing membranes,
such as bacterial cell membranes, mitochondrial membranes, and chloroplast membranes, pump protons across the membrane resulting in the generation of
an ...

Pagina 11 Any agent that allows protons to pass freely across the cytoplasmic membrane
will destroy the proton gradient and hence the proton motive force. Uncoupling
agents carry protons freely across the membrane. One such agent is CCCP or ...

Pagina 32 Transport of the nutrients into cells essentially means transport of nutrient
substances across the cytoplasmic membrane. When substances move across a membrane without interacting specifically with a carrier protein in the membrane,
the ...

Pagina 123 Membrane filter-based assays are now very common and continually expanding
in application as new fluorogenic dyes and their conjugates are being developed
. Using membrane filters dyed black, common fluorogenic dyes such as acridine
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Pagina 145 - Pollution is an undesirable change in the physical, chemical, or biological characteristics of our air, land, and water that may or will harmfully affect human life or that of other desirable species, our industrial processes, living conditions and cultural assets; or that may or will waste or deteriorate our raw material resources...